‘”He’s going to have to change the way he hits,” Ruff admitted Wednesday. “He can’t come from a distance it looks like. … It is disappointing. I don’t think good hits should be taken out of the game. I understand there’s a level of concern with what’s gone on with concussions but you can’t take good hits out of the game.”‘

‘“For a guy like me, that’s had success scoring his whole career, get one — that’s what I keep telling myself — ‘Get one. Get one.’ It should open back up for me,” an upbeat Adam said Wednesday following practice inside the First Niagara Center.’

‘“I’m worried. He’s a marked man, definitely a marked man. I don’t think he hit (Grabovski) that hard. It used to be a good hit in the game, (now) you get a penalty. I’m worried about if he can play his game.”’